Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Postage raises Seed funding from Wa'ed

Saudi Arabia-based last-mile logistics startup Postage, has secured Seed funding from Wa’ed, Saudi Aramco’s Entrepreneurship...

Logistics Last mile

Qatar

Joi Gifts looks to Series A round after raising $750,000 this year

UAE-based e-commerce gifting platform, Joi Gifts has expanded to Qatar, its eighth country after raising $750,000 in a pre-Series A funding...

joi gifts qatar doha

U.A.E

ADQ consolidates venture capital efforts under DisruptAD platform

Abu Dhabi-based investment firm ADQ, has consolidated its venture capital activities under a single global venture capital investment...

ADQ VC activities DisruptAD

Saudi Arabia

Sanar raises Seed funding from Impact46

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech app Sanar, has raised an undisclosed Seed round led by Impact46. Launched in 2019, the online healthcare...

Saudi Arabia app Health

U.A.E

baraka launches trading app after raising $1 million

UAE-based fintech baraka is launching its commission-free mobile trading platform following a $1 million pre-Seed funding round led by...

Fintech pre-Seed

U.A.E

Service My Car raises $10 million Seed round for expansion

UAE-based digital auto service and repair platform Service My Car, has raised $10 million from Oman-based Bahwan. Founded in 2018,...

Service My Car GCC seed round

Egypt

Koinz raises $4.8 million seed funding

Egypt-based food ordering and restaurant aggregator platform Koinz, has raised a $4.8 million seed funding round, led by Tinder founder...

Koinz f&b seed round

U.A.E

Verofax raises $1.2 million seed round

UAE-based automation and traceability company Verofax, has raised a $1.2 million seed funding round from Trove Capital UK, with...

Blockchain automation Seed funding

Global

Anghami goes public on NASDAQ via SPAC

Music streaming platform Anghami is listing on the New York NASDAQ exchange via a merger with special purpose acquisition company...

anghami lebanon SPAC

Morocco

EMPG invests $10 million in Mubawab

Morocco-based real estate portal Mubawab has received a $10 million cash injection from parent company Emerging Markets Property Group...

mubaweb EMPG Real Estate

Saudi Arabia

Alhokair and ACC acquire majority stake in UK's Vogacloset

Saudi Arabia-based retailer Alhokair and mall operator Arabian Centres Company (ACC) have come together to acquire a combined 51 per cent...

E-commerce Vogacloset

Bahrain

Bahrain’s Brinc, Tamkeen, Batelco invest in Turkey-based smart city startup AREYtech

Bahrain-based internet of things (IoT) and hardware accelerator Brinc Mena, Tamkeen Fund and Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco),...

AREYtech Brinc Mena tamkeen

U.A.E

Soul Artists raises $350,000 bridge round

UAE-based talent booking startup Soul Artists, has raised a $350,000 bridge funding round from Falak Investment Hub and Wasel. Launched...

Soul Artists Creative tech

U.A.E

Startupbootcamp Fintech Dubai graduates 11 startups

Startupbootcamp Fintech Dubai has announced the graduation of its third cohort of 11 startups. These startups included: UK-based...

Startupbootcamp Fintech Dubai acceleration Fintech

Global

Alpha Wave co-leads $9 million Series A round in Singapore's Raena

Source: YourStory Raena, a startup that enables micro beauty entrepreneurs, said it will use the funding to grow its team from 15 to 100...

Alpha Wave RAENA Beauty startups

Egypt

RentUp raises six-figure investment for its AI-powered platform

Egypt-based property technology (proptech) company RentUp, has raised a six-figure pre-seed investment from Japanese private equity firm,...

RentUp Real Estate Proptech

Regional

FENIX completes $5 million Seed investment

UAE-based micromobility operator FENIX has completed its $5 million Seed round, after securing a $1.2 million second close led by Saudi...

mobility Seed funding Investment

Regional

Oryx Fund launches with first close of its fund to invest in Mena early-stage startups

UK-based international investment firm Hambro Perks has announced the launch and initial close of its Abu Dhabi-based $50 million VC fund,...

Oryx Fund Jada Fund of Funds Riyad TAQNIA Fund

Iraq

Orisdi raises six-figure bridge round

Iraq-based e-commerce platform Orisdi, has raised a six-figure bridge round led by Innovest Middle East VC, with participation from a group...

ecommerce Online shopping in Iraq Angels

Bahrain

Tarabut Gateway raises $13 million

Bahrain-based open banking platform Tarabut Gateway has closed a seed funding round of $13 million, hailed to be the largest fintech seed...

Tarabut Gateway Fintech Seed funding

Global

Kuwait’s UEC leads $4.1 million Series B round in India-based Eupheus

Source: Times of India Eupheus Learning, a Delhi based leading B2B edtech company has raised $4.1 million in Series B funding...

UEC EdTech Eupheus

U.A.E

Sprout raises $200,000 from FA Holding

Source: Zawya UAE start-up Sprout FZCO, a plant-based food business aimed at children, has received $200,000 in funding. The fresh...

Sprout.ae foodtech

Regional

500 Startups and Sanabil Investments launch accelerator

Global venture capital firm 500 Startups has partnered with Saudi Arabia-based Sanabil Investments, a financial investment company focused...

500 startups Sanabil Investments seed startups

Bahrain

Flat6Labs Bahrain distributes $250,000 among cohort winners

Flat6Labs Bahrain announced that eight startups have received $250,000 investment as part of its sixth cycle, which concluded after a...

Flat6Labs Investment accelerator

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